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... Redheffer ( sometimes spelled Redhoeffer and in one reference Readhefer ) first appeared in Philadelphia with a ... Redheffer's machine always ran and he never had need to touch it . As might be expected , Philadelphia was soon a hotbed ...
... Redheffer ( sometimes spelled Redhoeffer and in one reference Readhefer ) first appeared in Philadelphia with a ... Redheffer's machine always ran and he never had need to touch it . As might be expected , Philadelphia was soon a hotbed ...
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... Red- heffer was a charlatan . Redheffer had been able to sap hundreds of dollars from Phila- delphians and although his welcome in that city was obviously out- stayed , he entertained no doubts at all that he could repeat the show in ...
... Red- heffer was a charlatan . Redheffer had been able to sap hundreds of dollars from Phila- delphians and although his welcome in that city was obviously out- stayed , he entertained no doubts at all that he could repeat the show in ...
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... Redheffer's machine — an old man with a long beard who displayed all the signs of having been imprisoned in the room for a long , long time . The man had no notion what was happen- ing and sat there on a stool gnawing a crust with one ...
... Redheffer's machine — an old man with a long beard who displayed all the signs of having been imprisoned in the room for a long , long time . The man had no notion what was happen- ing and sat there on a stool gnawing a crust with one ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
Copyright | |
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